WWE Elimination Chamber 2026: Results, Grades & Toss Boss Breakdown

WWE Elimination Chamber 2026: Results, Grades & Toss Boss Breakdown

Chicago got what an Elimination Chamber should be: a steel deathtrap that turns WrestleMania season into a live-action bracket reset. It was chaotic, occasionally messy, and extremely effective at planting Mania seeds.Overall card: B (solid Mania setup with chaos and surprises). A chaotic go-home that delivered exactly what it needed: surprises, heat, and clear(ish) Mania paths.

Women’s Elimination Chamber

Rhea Ripley def. Tiffany Stratton, Kiana James, Raquel Rodriguez, Asuka and Alexa BlissGrade: B+

Toss Boss take

Best-structured match of the night. Clean escalation, smart eliminations, and the right winner for the WrestleMania board.

Toss Boss Notes

• Stratton as the early spark: Starting with Stratton and James let the match build before the heavy hitters arrived, and Stratton’s pod-crash moments made the Chamber feel like a weapon, not just scenery.

• Asuka + Bliss = instant urgency:Asuka’s entry brought the pace spike you want, and Bliss immediately felt like an elimination threat—exactly what keeps the middle portion from dragging.

• The match “cleared the board” the right way: Rodriguez’s power run (plus the chamber-glass carnage) gave the match its brutality, and the double-elimination sequence was a great momentum swing that didn’t feel random.

The finish: why Ripley was the call

Once it narrowed to Ripley vs. Stratton, it felt like a real decision. Stratton’s future is obvious, but Ripley is the made star you book when you want the WrestleMania title match to feel like a collision, not a coronation.

WrestleMania fallout

Jade Cargill (c) vs. Rhea Ripley is pure aura vs. aura. If WWE wants Jade’s reign to feel legitimate at the highest level, Ripley is the opponent who does that just by standing across from her.

Women’s Intercontinental Championship

AJ Lee def. Becky Lynch (c) — NEW CHAMPION (Black Widow submission)Grade: B-

Toss Boss take

The idea was strong (AJ surgically working the arm, Becky getting more desperate), but the execution had flat spots—ref bump/props that didn’t always hit with the intensity you expect from these two.

Toss Boss Notes

• AJ’s arm work made the Black Widow feel earned.

• Becky’s frustration was the real story; the match just didn’t always hit the “gear” the names promised.

WrestleMania fallout

This screams rematch—likely with a stipulation to match the bitterness (submission-focused or no-DQ, depending on direction).

World Heavyweight Championship

CM Punk (c) def. Finn BálorGrade: B

Toss Boss take

Professional, solid, and predictable—in a good way. With Punk already locked into a WrestleMania path, this match’s job was to keep him strong, give Bálor credibility, and get out clean.

Toss Boss Notes

• Bálor’s grinding pace was smart crowd control.

• Punk came out looking battle-tested rather than invincible, which is exactly what you want before a Mania main event.

WrestleMania fallout

Punk stays on track, and nothing about this match distracted from the bigger destination.

Men’s Elimination Chamber

Randy Orton def. LA Knight, Cody Rhodes, Je’Von Evans, Trick Williams and Logan PaulGrade: B

Toss Boss take

Entertaining, messy, and absolutely overbooked—yet it worked because it advanced multiple stories at once.

The Seth Rollins reveal (masked)

The masked interference paying off as Seth Rollins—who stomped Logan Paul—was a major “Mania season is here” moment. Logan got gremlined by Seth, and that’s not a one-night beat; that’s a direction.

The finish and what it signals

The closing sequence was nailed: Drew McIntyre blasts Cody with the belt (classic Scottish spite), Orton RKOs Drew, Cody hits Cross Rhodes on Drew, and Orton immediately RKOs Cody to steal the win. Classic Orton: survive, strike, cash the moment.

WrestleMania fallout

The clean read is Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton, but the way they involved Cody (and the Rollins chaos) leaves the door open for the title picture to get complicated fast.

Danhausen Debuts

A perfect variety-show palate cleanser: the box opens, the face-paint crew appears, Danhausen arrives, and WWE gets a new toy to deploy on Raw. Michael Cole’s jar-of-teeth reaction sold it.

Toss Boss Final Grades Snapshot

• Women’s Chamber: B+

• AJ Lee vs. Becky: B-

• Punk vs. Bálor: B

• Men’s Chamber: B

Stock Up / Stock Down

Stock Up

• Rhea Ripley: Punched the ticket and instantly made the Jade match feel huge.

• Randy Orton: Vintage opportunist win; now he’s a real WrestleMania problem.

• Seth Rollins: One stomp, one reveal, and the whole Chamber finish got louder.

• Jade Cargill: Didn’t wrestle, still gained—because Ripley is the kind of challenger that upgrades a reign.

Stock Down

• Logan Paul: Got gremlined, got stomped, got removed from the endgame.

• Becky Lynch: Not buried—just boiling. But she’s leaving with a loss and a problem.

• Cody Rhodes: Took the belt shot, ate the timing RKO, and now has every reason to be furious.